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Lute (sanxian)

19th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueWood, python skin
DimensionsLength 83.2 cm, width 14.3 cm, thickness 7.2 cm (Length 32 3/4 in., width 5 5/8 in., thickness 2 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the National Association of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Hampshire
Accession number1989.699
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsPaper label on front of pegbox: [several Chinese characters]; in ink on back of pegbox: [several Chinese characters]; in ink on back and front of neck spike: [a few Chinese characters]; at small ends of tuning pegs: [one Chinese character on each]
ProvenanceBefore 1989, Moffatt-Ladd House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. By 1989, The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America -New Hampshire (NSCDA); 1989, gift of the NSCDA to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 20, 1989)